A Far Hills Romance Endings at Densmond Devon
Colonel Nathaniel Pember visits a Devon village seeking Amelia Burton on the eve of her marriage to Lord Littell. He learns Amelia plans to wed tonight, and a dying English officerudas asks him to deliver a message to the bride. The scene shifts to the village as the clock nears 6:20, leaving the colonel hopeful but anxious about being too late.
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Densmond
Devonshire
Ife
Nathaniel Pember
Amelia ‘Burton
Sizi
Littel
Ialf
Pember
Wee Cane
Crofton Burton
Torloose Littel
Burton
Lord Littel
Miss Burton
Colonel Pember
Oaks
Mr. Burton
Nerbert
Amelia
Summer Vows and A Blood Stained Keepsake
In a quiet village, Amelia Burton betrays a long love for Nerbert Creston with a blood stained miniature revisiting old flames. Colonel Pem ber reappears as Amelia accepts marriage to him, while a grave at Virginia echoes past tragedy and unspoken guilt.
Singing Insects And Frog Breeders In Japan
Over 3000 people in Japan earn a living breeding training and selling singing insects known as kusa hibari and suzu mushi. The songs resemble a silver bell being clear and sweet though monotonous. Some prefer a frog species kajika and pay high prices for well bred well trained frogs. Breeders display them at fairs each June in Tokyo and other large cities.
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Japan
Canaries
Tokyo
Social Etiquette In Italy as Described by Villari
Mr Luigi Villari notes in Italian Life In Town and Country that social etiquette is laxer in some ways and stricter in others compared with this country. Luncheon or dinner invitations impose little worry over gender balance. Hosts do not require women to remain seated for long. both sexes rise together and go to the drawing room where most people smoke. Servants circulate cigarettes with refreshments to all guests. At balls a man need not stay with one partner for the entire dance, with a few turns allowing him to mingle without offense.
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Italy
Luigi Villari
The Glove In History Gift Of Honor And Mercy
The glove has served many purposes from honor and love to payment and gratitude. It signaled mercy when dropped before a culprit, released punishment, and challenged in combat. Glove giving persisted into Puritan times, culminating in Massachusetts banning lavish gifts under a £20 penalty.
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Massachusetts
London Standard
Burmese juggler on steamer causes passenger alarm
A Burmese juggler on a steamer from Moun nein to Rangan demonstrated a neck compression trick on a native Madras servant. He induced temporary unconsciousness by restricting blood to the brain, alarming lascars who fled to the rigging. The episode, described as an ancient Greek related sleep theory, ended with a quick recovery after a handkerchief was applied.
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Mounnein
Rangan
Madras
Burma
Why Leaves Change Color
A Woman's Home Companion explanation describes leaf color changes in autumn. It explains that leaf cells contain pigments, green results from pigment mix, and as elements oxidize or disappear the leaf shifts to red yellow or brown. Frost accelerates this, while gradual temperature shifts enhance color variety and brightness.
Youthful billiard marker warned on chalk usage
A London Telegraph excerpt describes a young billiard marker told by his employer to curb chalking. The marker jokes with a player who pockets chalk, asking if he is in the milk trade, implying the chalk carry is noted. The marker adds a sharp hint about water tickets, reflecting a dry, period humor.
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Notockets
London Telegraph
The Fork History and a Palmerston Anecdote
A banquet tale notes the ascent of the fork from finger use to a modern dozen plus implements. The speaker cites 1600 England and Elizabeth I as fork adoption moments, then shifts to Lord Palmerston asking the colonial secretary for the colonies amid maps, joking he runs the empire but cannot chart its latitude.
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Palmerston
Lord Palmerston
Great Britain
Colonial Office
Lord John Russell
Merivale
Books and Germs Warn Circulating Libraries Disinfect Books
A medical journal highlights the dangers of circulating libraries and urges disinfection of all books. It notes diphtheria germs can survive twenty eight days in a volume and tuberculosis germs over a hundred days.
Women's Influence and Parental Duty in the Home
A Chicago Inter Ocean opinion argues the home is shared duty between husband and wife. It asserts fathers must support discipline and responsibility, while mothers influence with love. The piece contends most mothers are devoted, and misbehavior in children stems more from paternal absence than maternal fault.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
Butterflies and Birde Of monarchs in June skies
In Country Life In America, the monarch butterfly is described as a striking insect with gold and copper wings. The male carries a perfume sachet on each hind wing, deterring predators, while birds avoid it after a bad encounter with an orange wing. The monarch’s mimicry by the viceroy allows it to escape undetected.
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America
Bill's Chance in a Grim Yorkshire Tale
A Yorks doctor visits a gravely ill man and prescribes medicines for relief. He will assess the outcome on his next visit and confirms the patient’s wife must buy medicines from the chemist, promising a charge for future visits. The wife admonishes the patient to act with dignity and not be excessive in spending.
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Bill
Aemories
Ialf
Yorkshire
Dee
Dew Explained by Air Near the Ground
An old explanation notes dew forms as ground air cools after sunset condensing moisture in the air into invisible vapor that falls like rain. Still nights with wind prevent dew, droughts reduce it, and warm air holds more moisture. frost is frozen dew and snow is frozen vapor.
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Deis
Asbestos the Ancient Fireproof Fiber Used in Funeral Rites
Asbestos, a hornblende mineral, derives its name from a Greek term meaning indestructible by fire. Ancient peoples knew its uses and methods to obtain it, yet called it a vegetable product. It was used in funeral rites, with ashes kept separate by wrapping the body in asbestos cloth during cremation. Egyptians and other civilizations, especially the wealthy, made towels and napkins from asbestos and cleaned them by burning.
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Egypt
Briton waits for Lord Lyons at Washington embassy
A British visitor demanded to see his country's representative at the U S embassy in Washington. Attache Henry Labouchere informed him Ife was not in. The man insisted on waiting. After thirty minutes Labouchere explained Lyons would return in six months. Lyons had left for Europe that morning.
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Washington
Ife
Henry Labouchere
Lord Lyons
Labouchiere
Europe
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England
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Herbert Crest
Aghiy
WSPAE
Virginia
Herbert Creston
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Asbestus
Pierce
Warren E. Parker
Orange Street
Nantucket
Mass
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
G. K. Ebling
Ridgely, MD
Sam
WM. T. Jones
Als
Queen Anne, Md
Fidelity & Deposit Co
Maryland
N.W. Cor. Charlies and
Lexington Etc
Baaltimone, Alp
Edwin Warfield
Harry Nicodemus
Sec
Treas
Bond
Asa
U.S
Asan
Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland
Deweese & Owens
Denton, MD
Murderhill River
Philadelphia
Frederica
Nathan H. Maxson
Webbs Landing
Bowers
Celmbeem
ROWER
Ever Chester
Frederica & Phila, Nav. CO
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J. R. Wooters
Dover Street
Hotel Avon
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Preston
Denton
Harvey M. Thawley
Contractor
Carpenter, &c
Nenby R. Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborough
Lewis & Goldsborough, Attorneys-At-Law
Caroline
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Pliny Fisher
Sear Clark
Denton, Ma
J Fletcher Clark
Bastor
C. Deen
Fowling Creek, MD
Caroline County
Karmes T. Sylvester
Red R. Owens
Destox
R. Cochran, JR
Wilmington
Del
Mason
Ohn
Duncan
Justice OF the Peace
Tilsboro
Mad
F P. Covey
Agner, MD
Ifice
W. J. Blackiston
S. Noweke & Son
Tan
Denton, Maryland
Watkins Berks Toe Te
Baltimore
R. C. Garrett & C0
Pine St
Hoffman & King
Tuckahoe Station
Anklam Mfg CO
Kaskey
T W. Smith
Optician
Ridgely
Hyes
Prae Chary
James TD. Coophre
Undertaker
Cooper
Main Street
John W. Crushy
Pris
Kent County Marine Insurance
Dover
Delaware
John T. Carter, Jr
L. Irving Jones
Slut Denton
Waa Greensboro, Md
Alex. Noble
Preston,Md
T. H. Evans & Company, Fruit and Produce Commission Merchants
Light Street
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